About the author

Dr Christopher Bridgett

 

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Consultant Psychiatrist, South Kensington and Chelsea Crisis Resolution Team, London (retired from the post in May 2008),

Honorary Clinical Senior Lecturer, Imperial College School of Medicine, London.

 

Email: christopher.bridgett@nhs.net

 

Dr Bridgett has a special interest in social psychiatry, especially as applied to acute adult general services.

 

Declaration of interest: none

 
Acknowledgements
 
We would like to thank the following people who have helped us with video material:
 
Paddy Proctor, Manager of the South Kensington and Chelsea Crisis Resolution Team, London.

Dr Tom Harrison, consultant psychiatrist with the Assertive Outreach Team in Sparkbrook, Birmingham.

Dr Paul Polak, President and founder of International Development Enterprises, Lakewood, Colorado, USA, and former Executive Director and founder of Southwest Denver Community Mental Health Services, Denver, Colorado.
 

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